Part ownership of a Ripple Wind Turbine, fancy it?

[Joeboy]

Wasn’t the autumn flip back in July we have been picking blackberries since the last week of July.

Moxi

That sounds good, eating em fresh or preserves?

[Moxi]

The boys eat them as fast as I pick them, no washing straight from the bramble to their mouths and mine when I can get a look in. I hope to be able to get a few kilos into the freezer for winter treats but even Freddie - he’s 16 months now - has started eating them fresh from the bramble.

Even starting to spy sloes ripe to pick.

Moxi

[Joeboy]

The boys eat them as fast as I pick them, no washing straight from the bramble to their mouths and mine when I can get a look in. I hope to be able to get a few kilos into the freezer for winter treats but even Freddie - he’s 16 months now - has started eating them fresh from the bramble.

Even starting to spy sloes ripe to pick.

Moxi

Brilliant!

[nowty]

Just read the latest GF CoOp mtg minutes for May. I note that the CoOp directors are thinking the way we have been regarding both the hydraulic issues and the comms drop outs. Either that or they read this thread.

The comms does seem to be more robust now , but there has subsequently been another faulty seal change in early July.


"Ripple was asked to provide additional detail on the recent issues with the turbine
hydraulics. Over the last couple of months, the issues have ranged from a faulty valve, to a
temperature issue, to a faulty seal. The service team are monitoring these faults closely and
Ripple will press for a more robust solution if further problems arise."

"The UPS (power system / battery) was discussed. On 17 May the service team attended site
and tested the WPS and UPS and found that the UPS had faulty wiring. The wiring was fixed
and the batteries were replaced. This should enable a timely restart of the comm’s
following any future grid outages."

[Joeboy]

Just read the latest GF CoOp mtg minutes for May. I note that the CoOp directors are thinking the way we have been regarding both the hydraulic issues and the comms drop outs. Either that or they read this thread.

The comms does seem to be more robust now , but there has subsequently been another faulty seal change in early July.


"Ripple was asked to provide additional detail on the recent issues with the turbine
hydraulics. Over the last couple of months, the issues have ranged from a faulty valve, to a
temperature issue, to a faulty seal. The service team are monitoring these faults closely and
Ripple will press for a more robust solution if further problems arise."

"The UPS (power system / battery) was discussed. On 17 May the service team attended site
and tested the WPS and UPS and found that the UPS had faulty wiring. The wiring was fixed
and the batteries were replaced. This should enable a timely restart of the comm’s
following any future grid outages."

That is good to hear. Hopefully some of it will go forward to Kirkhill as 'lessons learned' and reduce downtime across the site.

[nowty]

Another large community solar farm, , but I think their belief is misplaced as Ripple DW is approved at 42MW and further south.


Plan for UK's largest community-owned 120-acre solar farm backed
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-m ... YFLPnAXvMw

It is designed to generate up to 30 megawatts of renewable energy, which would be enough to power 8,400 homes.

Applicant New Energy Wales believes the project will be the largest community-owned solar farm in the UK.

It will be classed as a community-owned asset, with shares being sold to local people and organisations who then effectively become its owners, with any surplus revenue going towards funding projects of "community benefit".

[AE-NMidlands]

A good post from Ripple (https://blog.rippleenergy.com/environme ... lown-away/ for non-members too)

The generation of 708MWh is way over the predicted P50 value of 458MWh. For those of you who need reminding, the P value indicates the confidence of exceeding a given generation level on average over a 10 year period. The P50 indicates the generation expected on average to be exceeded over 10 years with a 50% probability. It is the highest of the P values.

The chart below shows Graig Fatha’s generation for the whole of 2023 in comparison to its generation estimates.

[nowty]

August capacity factor graph time for the GF wind turbine,

Well ahead of last August and almost made baseline at just 2% less.

[Joeboy]

I am a wee bit behind, what with the hols and all that. Just updated my graphs for July & Aug.

Every year without fail my peak RE month has been June, i repeat, without fail. Graig Fatha has changed that. Slightly disconcerting, as is the potential to achieve a 2 MWh month with home PV & 1 WT if the right set of circumstances presented.

That's just a wee bit too trippy for my post hols head.

They say the big crane is going to be onsite at Kirkhill this week for first turbine going up on that project.

[Joeboy]

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-66715141

Ban that should never have been in place. Incredible that 1 NIMBY could derail a whole windfarm.